BREAKING: THEY STOLE THEIR FUTURE. A massive R200 million scandal is exploding in Mpumalanga, with officials accused of handing a FORTUNE to a connected company for tablets that are utterly USELESS for schoolchildren. This isn’t a mistake—it’s THEFT from the poorest kids.
Our investigation reveals the shocking truth. A R800 million “smart device” scheme was a sham from day one. Sources confirm the tender was RIGGED, awarding total control to Bongani Rainmaker Logistics (BRL). Their job? Deliver 80,000 tablets to desperate students. What arrived were substandard Packard Bell devices that FAILED basic government standards set by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA). These rules exist for a reason: to protect public money and ensure kids get tools that WORK. They got JUNK instead.
But the corruption gets WORSE. A second, mammoth R600 million tender was already decided before bids were even in. Sources reveal the most damning evidence: approximately 50,000 tablets were allegedly BOUGHT AND STOCKPILED before the tender process ended. This is a GLARING, illegal violation of every procurement rule designed to protect taxpayers.
This is a PATTERN. Just months ago, the department was slammed for spending over R2 million—R90,000 EACH—on laptops for just 22 staff members. Who is looking the other way? The silence from provincial leadership is DEAFENING.
While our children struggle without resources, connected insiders are getting filthy rich. Every faulty tablet is a stolen textbook, a missing meal, a shattered dream. This is more than a scandal—it’s a direct attack on an entire generation’s potential.
They are literally locking our kids into a future of failure, one stolen rand at a time.
Edited for Kayitsi.com
Author: Kayitsi.com
